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Axia Reports Q2 2015 Results

Axia Reports Results for the three and six month period ended June 30, 2015

Customer connections of 12,034 increased 18% from 10,166 a year ago.

Business unit revenue of $33.7 million increased 4% from $32.3 million in Q2 2014.

Business unit EBITDA of $9.7 million grew 28% from $7.6 million in Q2 2014.

IFRS net income of $1.1 million or $0.2 per share compared to a loss of $0.3 million or $0.00 per share for the same quarter last year.

The network build of the Alberta community interconnect grid (CIG) is complete, including the migration of existing customers to this new network.

CALGARY, Aug. 6, 2015 /CNW/ - Axia's business unit summary includes 100% of the financial and operational results of Axia North America and Covage. To facilitate analysis of underlying business unit development, without the impact of fluctuations in exchange rates, Covage's local currency results are included in the Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A). Please see the condensed consolidated financial statements and related MD&A for more details.

The condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and related MD&A have been reviewed and approved by Axia's Audit Committee and Board of Directors. Axia recognizes that the majority of its investors are now accessing Axia's corporate and financial information either through pushed news services, directly from ir.axia.com or SEDAR. Thus, Axia has prepared this truncated news release to alert investors to its results and that a more detailed explanation and analysis is readily available in the MD&A. These reports have been filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and also posted at ir.axiafibrenet.com.

Notice of Conference Call

Axia will hold a conference call with the investment community on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 9 a.m. (Eastern), 7 a.m. (Mountain). To participate in the conference call, please dial +1 (647) 427-7450 in Toronto and internationally. If you are connecting from other parts of Canada, dial 1-888-231-8191. Please call ten minutes prior to the start of the call. In addition, a live webcast (listen only mode) of the conference call will be available at:

A replay of the conference call will be available at (416) 849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056, passcode 91132021 from 6 p.m. (Eastern) Thursday, August 6, 2015 to midnight (Eastern) Thursday, August 13, 2015 or through the webcast archives at

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